Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In this blog, we will summarize the key findings of the report and offer actionable recommendations to mitigate these threats. DDoS attacks continue to be a persistent threat. Zero-trust architectures can increase the security posture of a system by implementing the “never trust, always verify” paradigm.

Social Engineering 78

Social Engineering Backups Manufacturing DDOS 78

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here is Erin’s Q&A column, which originally went live on OneRep’s well-done blog.) For the first expert interview on our blog, we welcomed Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Byron V. OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites.

Cyber threats 203

Cyber threats Cyber Insurance Cybersecurity Threat Detection 203

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-4034 , has “been hiding in plain sight” for more than 12 years and infects all versions of polkit’s pkexec since it was first developed in 2009, Bharat Jogi, director of vulnerability and threat research at Qualys, wrote in a blog post. Open Source in the Crosshairs.

Manufacturing 145

Manufacturing IoT Software DDOS 145

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Deployed with more than 30 exploits, it has the potential of targeting millions of routers and IoT devices. However, there is a difference between the Mirai malware and the new malware variants using Go, including differences in the language in which it is written and the malware architectures. It also has different DDoS functionality.

Malware 85

Malware IoT Firmware Authentication 85

SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

In this blog post, we provide excerpts from the recent reports that focus on uncommon infection methods and describe the associated malware. RapperBot then determines the processor architecture and infects the device. Recently we explored the topic of infection methods, including malvertising and malicious downloads.

Malware 104

Malware Engineering Advertising Phishing 104

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, February 2021. I wrote a blog post about my concerns given Linux is embedded everywhere, yet many of these systems are rarely, and even never updated with security updates.

Energy and Utilities 145

Energy and Utilities Ransomware DDOS Accountability 145

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The Outlaw Botnet uses brute force and SSH exploit (exploit Shellshock Flaw and Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability ) to achieve remote access to the target systems, including server and IoT devices. The first version spotted by TrendMicro includes a DDoS script that could be used by botmaster to set-up DDoS for-hire service offered on the dark web.

Architecture 99

Architecture Malware Hacking DDOS 99

Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2018

According to the Trend Micro blog , “We found a new exploit using port 5555 after detecting two suspicious spikes in activity on July 9-10 and July 15. […] Our data shows that the first wave of network traffic came mainly from China and the US, while the second wave primarily involved Korea.”

Cryptocurrency 44

Cryptocurrency IoT Mobile Advertising 44